An interval size illusion: The influence of timbre on the perceived size of melodic intervals

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 559-568

  Russo, Frank A ^a   Thompson, William Forde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 24944460174     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193514     Document Type: Review

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